^8 Proceedings of the lloyal Irish Academi). 



the next page it appears that this Dedu is the son of Sen, i.e. the same from 

 whom the Erainn of Munster, Clanda Dedad, trace their descent. But in the 

 first pedigree appended Conall Auglonnach becomes son of Fiacc son of Euss 

 son of Fachtna son of Senchad of the Ulidian hero-group. At the end of the 

 pedigrees of their kings (153, col. 1), many of whose names can be identified in 

 the annals, comes the statement : Bo chloind Coiudll Gernaich araili dih A. in 

 riffraid, " Of the posterity of Conall Cernach are some of them, i.e. the royal 

 line," in contradiction of the pedigrees that precede. On p. 169 there is a 

 further chapter headed, " Genelaeh Conailli Murtheimni," probably taken from 

 another source. Here the eponymous ancestor is called Conall Casdamail, and 

 he is made out to be seventh in descent from Conall Cernach. Thus, as Grilla 

 in Chomded says, " the tree of genealogy is confounded." Conall Cernach 

 supplied a tempting eponym to the Conaille, a Pictish race, and having been 

 adopted by them was adopted by other Pictish kindreds, Dal Araidi, the 

 Sogain, and the Loigse of Leinster (BB 164 a 2). 



122. Wherever the Ulaid are mentioned in vol. i. of the Annals of Ulster, 

 they are the people of the Dal Fiatach dynasty, quite distinct from Dal Araidi 

 and Conaille, often at war with one or the other. The Ulaid occupied the 

 seaboard of Co. Down. The Piets of Dal Araidi occupied the interior of that 

 county as well as a large part of Co. Antrim. 



1 23. Ag Conn tra foyailtcr ( = fodailter) clanda Guinn ocus it fortvxdha 

 Sil Cuind each acn na bcrar genilaig [read genelacli] co Gonn eter nacm ocus 

 cleirech amail ata Lmjaid [read Lmgne\ ociis Dealhna ocus Gailiiulc [read Gailing'] 

 ocus GioAUwhta. A<j Gatliair didaxx fogailter saerc[/i]landa Laigean ocus it for- 

 tuntha. coicid Gatkair can [read cacli] aen no, herar co Gatliair a,mail atuit secht 

 Laissi [read L&igsi] ocus secht Fotharta. Ag Ailill Olom fogailter saern[h]landa 

 Mumhan : can [read cach'\ aen out herar </ene/ach go Ailill, it fortioatha 

 Sil Eachach Mumo amail atait Eirtut [read Erainn] octis Giarraigc. (H. 3. 17, 

 p. 774.) 



" At Conn the [pedigi'ces of] Clanda Cuinn are divided, and all [in Leth 

 Cuinn] whose pedigree is not traced to Conn, not excluding even saint and 

 cleric, a.Tefortu,atha of the race of Conn, for example the Luigne, Delbna, Galling, 

 and Cianachta. At Cathair [Mor] are divided the free races of Leinster ; all 

 who are not traced to Cathair are foriiiatha of Cathair 's Fifth, as are the seven 

 Loigsi and the seven Fothairt. At Ailill Olom are divided the free races of 

 Munster ; all whose pedigree is not traced to Ailill are fortuatha of the race 

 of Eochu Mumo, as are the Erainn and the Ciarraige." 



124. The same statement occurs more briefly in the Book of Lecan, 

 p. 459 :— 



Ag Gwnd Getchalhach vvm Feidlimid Jiecktmair fudailtcr saerclanna Leithi 



